James Gandolfini, the actor best known for portraying Tony Soprano in HBO’s The Sopranos, has died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 51 while vacationing in Italy. As an avid fan of The Sopranos, I’m incredibly saddened…

When I first moved to San Francisco from Southern California, I believe I spent more time defending my love of The Doors than I ever imagined possible.  I never realized how much of a SoCal thing The Doors really were…

The original King Kong (1933) was an inspirational film for many… but for one man, Ray Harryhausen, it opened his eyes to the potential of animation within film, and a creative genius was born.  Today, that creative genius has passed…

Roger Ebert, possibly the most influential film critic in the country, if not the world, has passed away today, a day after announcing the return of the cancer that ravaged his body in 2002. Growing up, At the Movies with Siskel &…